An empirical validation of a unified model of electronic government adoption (UMEGA)

In electronic government (hereafter e-government), a large variety of technology adoption models are employed, which make researchers and policymakers puzzled about which one to use. In this research, nine well-known theoretical models of information technology adoption are evaluated and 29 different constructs are identified. A unified model...

Бессильная звезда архитектурной элиты: О том, как Заха Хадид стала первым человеком, действительно скончавшимся во время строительства стадиона «Аль-Вакра»

Starchitect Zaha Hadid won the bid to design one of the planned stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup event in Qatar. Her design for the Al-Wakrah stadium became the centrepiece of a discussion on the role that starchitects play in society. That debate reached a boiling point in August 2014, and resulted in a digital lynching party that sheds...

On the prediction of residential loads in India

The Indian Energy grid is growing rapidly and there is a large simulation to improve not only the grid reliability, but also provide power for all by 2027. To this aim the Government of India has launched the Restructured Accelerated Power Development Program (RAPDRP). In India, residential loads contribute to about 27% of the total power...

A parsimonious hydrological model for a data scarce dryland region

Inapplicability of state of the art hydrological models due to scarce data motivates the need for a modeling approach that can be well constrained to available data and still model the dominant processes. Such an approach requires embedded model relationships to be simple and parsimonious in parameters for robust model selection. Simplicity in...

Modelling coastal vulnerability: Design and evaluation of a vulnerability model for tropical storms and floods

This resarch thesis focuses on vulnerability of societies in low lying coastal and deltaic environments to tropical cyclonic storms and floods. Models that explore vulnerability under various planned and unplanned conditions hardly exist. Within the Andhra Pradesh Cyclone Hazard Mitigation Project an Expert Decision Support System was designed...

Persuasion for a Healthier Life: Persuasive Technology Design Guidelines from the Precious Project for Indian diabetics

Health behaviour change is a key issue in India and especially for reducing diabetes related risks. But the issue is confined neither to diabetes nor to India. After the proliferation of personal digital devices and widespread internet access, persuasion for behaviour change has taken new forms. In this paper we propose 8 design guidelines for...

Sustainable Watershed Management: Illusion or Reality, A case of Kerala State in India

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Inter institutional workshop on breakwaters

(1) Functional requirements for Breakwaters - Prof. K.d' Angremond (2) Development of fishery harbors in India - Mr. K. Omprakash (3) Non-rubble Breakwaters and optimisation - Prof. K.d' Angremond (4) Wave energy caisson Breakwaters - Dr. S. Neelamani (5) Partially suspended porous wall Breakwaters - Dr. J.S. Mani (6) Case studies on stability...